| Course Objectives: |
In this course students will gain an introduction to filmmaking while learning how to master six basic skills necessary for creating narrative films; including three rules of the continuity system, and three rules for directing. By the end of the semester students will be able to break down a story idea into cinematic elements, visualize it in shots, set up and shoot a film, operate a set effectively, and have a basic understanding of the editing process. Students will also gain technical knowledge of camera operations and film production terms and concepts. |
| Course Content: |
Lectures consist of screening of films with analysis, practical exercises for writing, preparing, shooting and editing short narrative films, and individual meetings with students about their work. Outside of class students prepare synopses, storyboards, shooting diagrams, as well as shoot and edit projects. |
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Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Introduction to FTV1916. Explanation of the Syllabus Discovering access to Microsoft Remote Desktop (Azure). |
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| 2) |
The Units of Film. Shot Sizes. Camera Movements. |
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| 3) |
Camera Operations: Format, fps, aspect ratio, lenses. |
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| 4) |
Shooting Diagram. Continuity Rules. Directing Rules. |
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| 5) |
Shooting Diagram. Beat Sheet. Usage of the clapperboard. |
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| 6) |
Approaching the script as a filmmaker and visualizing the text. |
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| 7) |
Analysis of all parts of pre-production process. |
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| 8) |
An analysis of a scene [Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Three Monkey, 2008] through shooting diagram, camera positions, shot sizes and the script. |
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| 9) |
Student Project 1 Screening, Presentation and Feedbacks. |
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| 10) |
Meetings and re-cutting of Project 1. |
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| 11) |
Analysis and Explanation of Project 2, being ready to pre-production of Project 2. Distribution of the Project 2. |
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| 12) |
Student Project 2 Screening, Presentation and Feedbacks. |
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| 13) |
Creative ways of contemporary filmmaking in Cinema. |
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| 14) |
Explanation of the final project. Review of the semester. |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
| 1) |
Being familiar to the main concepts and methods of the social sciences and the fine arts devoted to understanding the world and the society |
1 |
| 2) |
Having comprehensive knowledge regarding different media and branches of art |
3 |
| 3) |
Knowing the historical background of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey and keeping pace with the new developments in the area |
3 |
| 4) |
Having a good command of the language and the aesthetics of audio-visual moving images in the world and in Turkey |
5 |
| 5) |
Being able to create a narrative that could be used in a fiction or a non-fiction audio-visual moving image product |
5 |
| 6) |
Being able to write a script ready to be shot |
4 |
| 7) |
Having the skills to produce the photoboard of a script in hand and to shoot the film using the camera, the lights and other necessary equipment |
5 |
| 8) |
Being able to transfer the footage of a film to the digital medium, to edit and do other post-production operations |
5 |
| 9) |
Being able to create a documentary audio visual moving image from the preliminary sketch stage to shooting, editing and post-production stages |
2 |
| 10) |
Being able to produce an audio visual moving image for television and audio products for radio from preliminary stages through shooting and editing to the post-production stage |
4 |
| 11) |
Being culturally and theoretically equipped to make sense of an audio-visual moving image, to approach it critically with regard to its language and narration and being able to express his/her approach in black and white |
5 |
| 12) |
Having ethical values and a sense of social responsibility |
3 |
BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY BİLGİ PAKETİ / DERS KATALOĞU
